Inventors and Inventions
Definitions
Products & economy
Words ending in culture
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Eli Whitney
Who is the inventor of the cotton gin?
100
Scientific Method
What is the method used to solve a problem
100
Corn
What is the grain that ranks in the top 5 US grain exports?
100
Aquaculture
What is the raising of aquatic plants & animals called?
100
FFA
What is the abbreviation for Future Farmers of America?
200
Grain reaper
What Cyrus McCormick invented to help cut oats, wheat, & similar crops?
200
Forestry
What is industry is responsible for growing & managing of trees?
200
hogs, broilers, tobacco
What is one of the top 3 agriculture commodities for NC?
200
agiculture
What activities concerned with the production of plants, animals, services, & supplies called?
200
Corn
What crop does the Corn Growers Association monitor?
300
Thomas Jefferson
Who is credited with inventing the 1st iron plow?
300
Renewable natural resources
What resources that can be replaced by nature are named?
300
soybeans
What provides the world's most important source of vegetable oil?
300
agriculture education
What the teaching or education part of agriscience is called?
300
Hogs
What animal does the NC Pork Producers monitor?
400
John Deere
Who gave us "green" tractors & the steel moldboard plow?
400
Agronomy
What is the science of field crops & soils called?
400
Poultry
What was the #1 meat export shipped from the US in the 1990's?
400
agriculture economics
What is management of resources, farms, and agribusinesses called?
400
President
Who presides over meetings in the FFA?
500
Tractor
What Benjamin Holt invented that replaced mules?
500
Horticulture
What involves producing, processing, marketing, fruits, vegetables, & plants?
500
Green Revolution
What was the process where countries became self-sufficient in food production by using crop practicies called?
500
Agricultural engineering
What are engineering principles in the agricultural setting called?
500
Owl
What bird is the symbol of wisdom & knowledge in the FFA?
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